Printing and ruling machine.



W. PANTER.

PRINTING AND RULING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 29, 1908.

5 1,696, Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 29, 1908.

951,696; Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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WILLIAM PANTJER, 0F BECKENHJAM 'EN GLAN D, ASSIGNOR TO THE DUPLEX PRINTING LIMITED, 0T LONDON, ENGLAND.

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To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM EPA'NTER, a subject ofthe King-of Great Britain, residing at 56.;Lennard: road, lBeckenharn, Kent, lEn la nd, have invented certain new 1 and 'useiul Improvements in Printing and.Rul-.

a printing machine, and ,if there be any variation in either ruling .or printing, the paper is spoiled. With -my machine any variation in. the laying of the sheets does not adect the register as the+ruling must always follow the printing.

To enable my inventionto-be clearly on derstood, T append hereto two sheets of drawings. Figure 1. is a longitudinal elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2.:an end elevation of the portion to rule horizontal lines.

T will first proceed to-describe the arrangements by which the/sheets are conducted through the machine and delivered, and then the mechanism. v

The sheets of paper to be printed are placed uponthe table A, the operator :feeding the sheets in turn to the frontlay marks :B, which are fastened to the shaft (3- by means of set screws. To enable the front marks B tobe-easily adjusted, ll fix a lever Donthe shaft- 0, the end of the said lever being drilled, tapped, and fitted with an adjusting screw; E; when the front lay marks 13 are in position for laying down the sheet, the point of the adjusting screw 1E rests against the sto F and by regulating the screw it, the rout lay marks 18 may be quickly advanced or set back as desired. The impression cylinder G is .fitted with a set of grippers (which grippers being a well known "method of conducting sheets through printing machines, I have not shown); The sheet after being laid to the front lay marks l? by the operator, is seized sheet.

by the grippers on the impression cylinder G, the front lay marks lB movingsaway at the same instant to clear the sheet b means which lever and runner. The sheet is carried for ward by the grippers on the cylinder G,

- under the smoothing brush J, and receives an impression on one side betweenthetype cylinder H and theimpression cylinder G. .As the grippers on the impression cylinder G .come opposite thegrippers on the impression cylinder T, the sheet is transferred to the grippers on the impression cylinder T and by.

them carried forward passing under the smoothing brush J and ,IBUBIVIH another impression betweenthetyfipe cylin er K and the impression cylinder presslon, being on the s'reverse' side of the its-the" grippers ori the impression cylinderT come opposite the. grippers on the carrying drum L, the sheet istransferredto the rippers on the carryin drum L, and is l1 ischarged into a v by -t em led forward and double set of tapes M and 'N, these tapes M, N,-carr it forward around-the rulingdrums O and d each side of the-sheet being alter- :nately presented and passing between the eruling disks Q, R, S, The sheet now :being :printed and ruled on both sides, is

carried by the endless tapes M, N, between the rollers *U, V, and dlscharged by these rollers onto the table W, on which it is automatically adjusted by suitable mechanism.

The sheet is then gripped by a pair of rollers placed at right angles to theprinting machine, and conducted by tapes Y Y around ruling drumsZ, MT, and against ruling disks 1, 2, which-rule lines on both sides of the sheet atright angles to those already ruled, the sheet being afterward delivered onto a table '3, the whole operation being affected in one bined machine,

T will now describe the method whereby passage through the comll apply ink tov the ruling disks Q, R, S, T, 100

1. 2. I do not confine myself to the use of six sets of these ruling devices, but two sets to each ruling cylinder would be generally sufficient. Each set being an exact counterpart of the others, it is only necessary to describeone set. Aset consists of the brass ruling disks-Q, which are arranged on a spindle with suitable spacing pieces,

- any suitable number of which may be employed. The ruling disks are adjusted to 110 this second imrun in contact with the periphery of the rullng cyllnder O, and also in contact with that of the rubber clothed ductor roller 4,

"some cases a portion only;of thesheet requires to be ruled. Onv the ductor roller 4 a toothed wheel is fixed, which engages with another wheel 6, running free on a stud. The wheel 6 gears into one fixed on the ruling cylinder 0, from whence the set is driven.

The number of teeth in these wheels is such as imparts to the ruling disks Q a surface speed identical with the surface speed of the ruling cylinder 0- The ordinary ruling disks Q, R, S, T, are employed, the disks being automatically lifte at any given point when a portion only of the sheet requires to be ruled.

The inking arrangements for su plying, ink to the type cylinder K are as Follows: Two large composition clothed rollers 7 and 8 of the type generally used for inking the forms in all printing machines, are adjusted to run in contact with the printing surface of the cylinder K, and also with the eriphery of the inking drum 9. A latera reciprocating movement is imparted to the ink drum 9, by a leverlO, which 1ever=is actu-- ated by a cam groove in a disk mounted on the cylinder K. A' clothed composition roller 11 similar to 7 and 8, rests on the ink drum 9, and is for the'better distribution of the ink. A similar clothed roller 12 supplies ink from the small ink drum 13,'to the large ink drum 9. The vibrating roller 14 supplies the ink from the ductor roller 15, the ductor 16 being too well known to require special description. The ductor roller 15 receives an intermittent motion by means of the ratchet 17 (working into a ratchet wheel on the end of the ductor roller) the ratchet lever 18, the connecting rod 19, and an eccentric pin in the face of the cam 20. This cam 20 also imparts a vibrating motion to the roller 14. In addition to the direct feed rollers 7 and 8, I

also employ a third form roller 21, which receives its supply of ink from the form roller 7, by means of the intermediate roller 22. The inking for cylinder H is similar.

When the sheet on the table W and the tail end of the sheet is clear of the back stops 23, the said stops automatically pass upward through holes provided in the table W and the front stops 24 move forward and push the sheet up to the back stop 23. An automatic side gage 25, Fi 2, packs the sheet up to an adjustable si e gage 26, and

ders and remaining portion of the machine) carries a lever with the loose roller 28, which automaticall drops on the driven roller 29 situated un erneath the sheet, a ga being provided in the table W for the ro ler 29. The sheet now being gripped between the rollers 28 and 29 is carried forward into the tapes or cords Y Y. I do not confine myself to this method of conveying the sheets to the cross ruling apparatus as a cylinder fitted with gripping fingers or pneumatic suction (both of which are well known devices for seizing sheets of paper) would answer the purpose. The tapes or cords Y Y, convey the sheet around the turning roller 30 and conduct it "through the ruling devices which rule one side of the sheet vertically on the ruling drum Z and the other side on the ruling drum Z, from whence it passes around the roller 31, and. is delivered by the rollers 32, 32, into the delivery box 33 on the table 3.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is table, printing cylinders and ruling disks mounted adjacent the feed table, a receiving or adjusting table for adjusting the papers, a slidable stop extending through one end of said table, and an adjustin stop extending through the opposite en ruling disks mounted below the table, and means for conveying the'paper from the table to the ruling disks.

2. A printing machine comprising a feed table, printing and ruling mechanism for printing and ruling on both sides of 'the paper, a receiving or adjusting table, adjustable stops extending throu h the table for adjusting the paper, ruling v isks mounted below the table at right angles to the first mentioned rinting cylinders and ruling disks for ru ing on both sides of the aper, endless cords or tapes for conveying t e paper in contact with the ruling dlsks, and rollers journaled upon the table for conveying the paper to the endless cords or tape.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set PERCY E. MATTOCKS, HUGH HUGHES. 

